Molecular biologists as hackers of human data: Rethinking IPR for bioinformatics research

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 207-215

  Marturano, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Genetics; Hackers; Open source philosophy; Shotgun methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993084433     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14779960380000236     Document Type: Article

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